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New Mexico Bond Question 1, Senior Citizens Facilities Bond Issue (2022)
| New Mexico Bond Question 1 | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Bond issues | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Bond issue | Origin State Legislature |
New Mexico Bond Question 1, the Senior Citizens Facilities Bond Issue, was on the ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred bond question on November 8, 2022.[1] The ballot measure was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the sale and issuance of $24,470,000 in bonds for senior citizen facility improvements. |
A "no" vote opposes authorizing the sale and issuance of $24,470,000 in bonds for senior citizen facility improvements. |
The 2022 bond package included two other bond measures totaling approximately $259,722,000 in bonds.[2]
Election results
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New Mexico Bond Question 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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427,438 | 66.33% | ||
| No | 216,993 | 33.67% | ||
Overview
What did the bond fund?
- See also: Text of measure
Bond Question 1 issued almost $24.5 million in bonds to make capital improvements for certain senior citizen facilities across the state. A general obligation bond is a public debt and is paid for through state funds, specifically funds from a statewide property tax in New Mexico. The bond measure was designed to be distributed as follows:[2]
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| New Mexico Senior Citizens Facilities Bond (2022) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Amount | ||
| Meals equipment for Barelas senior center in Bernalillo county | $40,141 | ||
| Vehicles for Albuquerque senior affairs nutrition and transportation program | $375,050 | ||
| Renovations for Highland senior center in Bernalillo county | $353,358 | ||
| Renovations for North Valley senior center in Bernalillo county | $2,971,442 | ||
| Renovations for Palo Duro senior center in Bernalillo county | $1,000,000 | ||
| Renovations for Raymond G. Sanchez senior center in Bernalillo county | $235,000 | ||
| Renovations for Whispering Pines senior center in Bernalillo county | $457,000 | ||
| Glenwood senior center in Catron county | $90,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Glenwood senior center in Catron county | $52,000 | ||
| Meals equipment for Quemado senior center in Catron county | $92,500 | ||
| Meals equipment for Reserve senior center in Catron county | $40,000 | ||
| Renovations for Reserve senior center in Catron county | $40,000 | ||
| Equipment for La Casa senior center in Curry county | $43,500 | ||
| Design Fort Sumner senior center in Fort Sumner in De Baca county | $75,000 | ||
| Vehicles for Fort Sumner senior center in De Baca county | $50,000 | ||
| Renovations to the Frank O'Brien Papen community center in Dona Ana county | $666,199 | ||
| Vehicles for Robert P. Munson senior center in Dona Ana county | $110,000 | ||
| Renovations to the Alejandro Ruiz senior center in Eddy county | $1,352,442 | ||
| Vehicles for the Alejandro Ruiz senior center in Eddy county | $162,024 | ||
| Vehicles for the Gila senior center in Grant county | $38,200 | ||
| Vehicles for the Mimbres senior center in Grant county | $38,200 | ||
| Vehicles for the Santa Clara senior center in Grant county | $38,200 | ||
| Vehicles for the Hobbs senior center in Lea county | $60,500 | ||
| Vehicles for the senior center in Capitan in Lincoln county | $34,284 | ||
| Vehicles for the Carrizozo senior center in Lincoln county | $48,429 | ||
| Vehicles for the Corona senior center in Lincoln county | $34,284 | ||
| Vehicles for the Hondo senior center in Lincoln county | $30,000 | ||
| Renovations to the Ruidoso community center in Lincoln county | $94,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Ruidoso Downs senior center in Lincoln county | $48,429 | ||
| Renovations for the Deming senior center in Luna county | $57,579 | ||
| Design the Gallup senior center in McKinley county | $5,415,300 | ||
| Vehicles for the Gallup senior center in McKinley county | $76,000 | ||
| Renovations for the Logan senior center in Quay county | $62,262 | ||
| Vehicles for the Alcalde senior center in Rio Arriba county | $70,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Beatrice Martinez senior center in Rio Arriba county | $90,000 | ||
| Design the Chama senior center in Rio Arriba county | $75,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Coyote senior center in Rio Arriba county | $70,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Espanola senior center in Rio Arriba county | $70,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Chimayo La Arboleda senior center in Rio Arriba county | $70,000 | ||
| Renovations to the Santa Clara Pueblo adult daycare center in Rio Arriba county | $116,237 | ||
| Meals equipment for the Blanco senior center in San Juan county | $24,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Blanco senior center in San Juan county | $55,000 | ||
| Renovations to the Bloomfield senior center in San Juan county | $35,000 | ||
| Meals equipment for the Lower Valley senior center in San Juan county | $24,000 | ||
| Meals equipment for the Las Vegas senior center in San Miguel county | $130,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Las Vegas senior center in San Miguel county | $140,000 | ||
| Renovations to the Bernalillo senior center in Sandoval county | $25,810 | ||
| Vehicles for the Bernalillo senior center in Sandoval county | $30,000 | ||
| Design the Broadmoor senior center in Sandoval county | $774,569 | ||
| Renovations to the Meadowlark senior center in Sandoval county | $226,474 | ||
| Vehicles for the Pena Blanca community center in Sandoval county | $30,208 | ||
| Renovations to the Chimayo senior center in Santa Fe county | $500,000 | ||
| Meals equipment for the Mary Esther Gonzales senior center in Santa Fe county | $235,630 | ||
| Neals equipment and for the Pasatiempo senior center in Santa Fe county | $65,805 | ||
| Design Santa Cruz senior center in Santa Fe county | $2,041,441 | ||
| Design Amalia senior center in Taos county | $1,450,000 | ||
| Design the Questa senior center in Taos county | $727,587 | ||
| Renovations to the Estancia senior center in Torrance county | $169,621 | ||
| Design the Moriarty senior center in Torrance county | $53,599 | ||
| Renovations to the Mountainair senior center in Torrance county | $158,861 | ||
| Meals equipment for the Belen senior center in Valencia county | $58,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the Bosque Farms community center in Valencia county | $55,000 | ||
| Design the Del Rio senior center in Valencia county | $460,000 | ||
| Meals equipment for the Del Rio senior center in Valencia county | $58,000 | ||
| Meals equipment for the Meadow Lake senior center in Valencia county | $73,000 | ||
| Design the Pueblo of Acoma in Cibola county | $75,000 | ||
| Design the Laguna senior center in Cibola county | $123,000 | ||
| Design the Santa Clara Pueblo adult daycare center | $500,000 | ||
| Vehicles for the San Felipe Pueblo senior center in Sandoval county | $100,000 | ||
| Design the Pojoaque Pueblo senior center in Santa Fe county | $100,000 | ||
| Design the Pueblo of Taos in Taos county | $822,000 | ||
What was the history of bond measures in New Mexico?
- See also: Background
Voters of New Mexico cast ballots on 28 bond issues, totaling $1.4 billion in value, between January 1, 2006, and January 1, 2020. All but one bond issue question—a $155.57 million bond for higher education—was approved. As of June 30, 2020, the state debt from general obligation bonds was $497.3 million and the state debt from general obligation bonds per state resident was $234.87.
How did Bond Question 1 get on the ballot?
- See also: Path to the ballot
In New Mexico, both chambers of the New Mexico State Legislature need to approve a bond issue by a simple majority during one legislative session to send a bond measure to the governor's desk.
Bond Question 1 was introduced as House Bill 153 on January 26, 2022. It included three separate bond measure questions, including this measure. The other two bond measures issued bonds for public education and public libraries. On February 12, 2022, the state House passed HB 153 in a vote of 66-2, with two excused. On February 15, 2022, the state Senate passed HB 153 in a vote of 37-0, five absent or excused. On March 9, 2022, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed the bill, sending the bond package to the 2022 ballot.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[2]
| “ | The 2022 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed twenty-four million four hundred seventy thousand dollars ($24,470,000) to make capital expenditures for certain senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment acquisition projects and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?[3] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the ballot measure is below:[2]
Readability score
- See also: Ballot measure readability scores, 2022
Using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL) and Flesch Reading Ease (FRE) formulas, Ballotpedia scored the readability of the ballot title for this measure. Readability scores are designed to indicate the reading difficulty of text. The Flesch-Kincaid formulas account for the number of words, syllables, and sentences in a text; they do not account for the difficulty of the ideas in the text. The state legislature wrote the ballot language for this measure.
The FKGL for the ballot title is grade level 27, and the FRE is -9. The word count for the ballot title is 100.
Support
State Representative Christine Chandler (D) sponsored the bond measure package.[1]
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Opposition
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Campaign finance
There were no ballot measure committees registered in support of the measure or in opposition to the measure.[4]
| Cash Contributions | In-Kind Contributions | Total Contributions | Cash Expenditures | Total Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Oppose | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Total | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Background
Voter approval of bonds in New Mexico
- See also: Section 8 of Article IX of the New Mexico Constitution
Section 8 of Article IX of the New Mexico Constitution authorizes the state to pass a law to contract debt in the form of general obligation bonds and levy a tax. The law must be voted upon by a simple majority of voters and published in full in at least one newspaper in each county of the state. The state constitution also limits the amount of state debt: "No debt shall be so created if the total indebtedness of the state, exclusive of the debts of the territory, and the several counties thereof, assumed by the state, would thereby be made to exceed one percent of the assessed valuation of all the property subject to taxation in the state as shown by the preceding general assessment."[5]
Bond issues on the ballot in New Mexico
- See also: Bond issues on the ballot
Voters of New Mexico cast ballots on 28 bond issues, totaling approximately $1.4 billion in value, from January 1, 2006, through January 1, 2022. All but one bond issue, a $155.57 million bond in 2010 to provide capital expenditures for higher education and special schools, was approved. This means that voters in New Mexico approved 96.4% of bond issues on the ballot between 2006 and 2020.
The following table contains information on the 28 bond issues that appeared on the ballot in New Mexico between January 1, 2006, through January 1, 2022:
| Year | Measure | Amount | Primary purpose | Outcome |
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| 2006 | Question A | $15,958,000 | Senior citizen facilities | |
| 2006 | Question B | $118,360,000 | Higher education | |
| 2006 | Question C | $9,090,000 | Public libraries | |
| 2008 | Question A | $14,725,000 | Senior citizen facilities | |
| 2008 | Question B | $11,019,000 | Public libraries | |
| 2008 | Question C | $57,925,000 | Health facilities | |
| 2008 | Question D | $140,133,000 | Higher education | |
| 2010 | Question A | $7,790,320 | Senior citizen facilities | |
| 2010 | Question B | $7,082,110 | Public libraries | |
| 2010 | Question C | $5,100,000 | K-12 education | |
| 2010 | Question D | $155,567,824 | Higher education |  |
| 2012 | Question A | $10,335,000 | Senior citizen facilities | |
| 2012 | Question B | $9,830,000 | Public libraries | |
| 2012 | Question C | $120,000,000 | Higher education | |
| 2014 | Question A | $17,000,000 | Senior citizen facilities | |
| 2014 | Question B | $11,000,000 | Public libraries | |
| 2014 | Question C | $141,000,000 | Higher education | |
| 2016 | Question A | $15,440,000 | Senior citizen facilities | |
| 2016 | Question B | $10,167,000 | Public libraries | |
| 2016 | Question C | $142,356,000 | Higher education | |
| 2016 | Question D | $18,196,000 | Public safety facilities | |
| 2018 | Question A | $10,700,000 | Senior citizen facilities | |
| 2018 | Question B | $12,876,000 | Public libraries | |
| 2018 | Question C | $6,137,000 | School buses | |
| 2018 | Question D | $128,405,000 | Higher education | |
| 2020 | Question A | $33,300,000 | Senior citizen facilities | |
| 2020 | Question B | $9,700,000 | Public libraries | |
| 2020 | Question C | $156,300,000 | Higher education | |
General obligation bond debt
The New Mexico state treasurer provides an overview of the state’s debt resulting from general obligation bonds, which include all voter-approved bonds, each year on June 30.[6] A general obligation bond is public debt and is paid for through state funds, specifically funds from a statewide property tax in New Mexico.
According to the state treasurer's overview on June 30, 2020, New Mexico had $497.33 million in debt from general obligation bonds. The graph below provides an illustration of state debt from general obligation bonds between June 30, 1998, and June 30, 2020:[7][8]
Using population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Ballotpedia calculated the per person amount of general obligation bond debt in New Mexico by year.[9] On June 30, 2020, the general obligation bond debt per New Mexican resident was $234.87. Between 1998 and 2020, the per person debt peaked in 2018 at $240.26. The graph below provides an illustration of state debt from general obligation bonds per New Mexican resident between June 30, 1998, and June 30, 2020:
Path to the ballot
- See also: Legislatively-referred state statute
In New Mexico, both chambers of the New Mexico State Legislature need to approve a bond issue by a simple majority during one legislative session to send a bond measure to the governor's desk and then to the ballot for voter consideration if the governor does not veto the legislation.
Bond Question 1 was introduced as House Bill 153 on January 26, 2022. On February 12, 2022, the state House passed HB 153 in a vote of 66-2, with two excused. On February 15, 2022, the state Senate passed HB 153 in a vote of 37-0, five absent or excused. On March 9, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed the bill, sending the bond package to the 2022 ballot.[1]
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How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in New Mexico
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in New Mexico.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 New Mexico State Legislature, "Overview of HB 153," accessed February 15, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 New Mexico State Legislature, "Text of HB 153," accessed February 15, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Information System," accessed March 18, 2019
- ↑ New Mexico Constitution, "Article IX, Section 8," accessed March 21, 2022
- ↑ New Mexico State Treasurer, "State Treasurer Financial Statements," accessed April 2, 2020
- ↑ New Mexico State Treasurer, "Financial Statements – FY 20," accessed June 30, 2020
- ↑ New Mexico State Treasurer, "Annual Report-2020," accessed March 22, 2022
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "Population," accessed March 30, 2020
- ↑ New Mexico Compilation Commission, "New Mexico Statutes - Chapter 1, Article 12.1," accessed June 24, 2025
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Voter Bill of Rights," accessed June 24, 2025
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 New Mexico Secretary of State, “Voter Registration Information,” accessed June 24, 2025
- ↑ New Mexico Compilation Commission, "New Mexico Statutes - Chapter 1, Article 1-4-5.2", accessed June 24, 2025
- ↑ New Mexico Compilation Commission, "New Mexico Statutes - Chapter 1, Article 1-4-5.8", accessed June 24, 2025
- ↑ New Mexico Compilation Commission, "New Mexico Statutes - Chapter 1, Article 1-4-5.7", accessed June 24, 2025
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Voter Registration Eligibility Requirements and FAQs," accessed June 24, 2025
- ↑ The State of New Mexico, "Voter Registration Form," accessed June 24, 2025
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Voting," accessed June 24, 2025
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